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- verb Present participle of
cop .
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Examples
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The mechanism that Koonin copping out on science over is an inherent thermodynamic predispositioning toward absolute symmetry that evolution accomplishes with the exact necessary amount of help from a ** practical**, (not perfect), environment.
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The mechanism that Koonin copping out on science over is an inherent thermodynamic predispositioning toward absolute symmetry that evolution accomplishes with the exact necessary amount of help from a ** practical**, (not perfect), environment.
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The egotistical Göring, who knew the only question remaining was how he met his end, was intrigued with the idea of copping a plea and ratting on his comrades—if the price were right.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The egotistical Göring, who knew the only question remaining was how he met his end, was intrigued with the idea of copping a plea and ratting on his comrades—if the price were right.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Total abstention (aka copping out) or starting that aforementioned one-member party and voting for it.
Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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Total abstention (aka copping out) or starting that aforementioned one-member party and voting for it.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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Total abstention (aka copping out) or starting that aforementioned one-member party and voting for it.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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Perhaps you should leave the "copping" behind when you head for the field.
44 Mag 2009
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Perhaps you should leave the "copping" behind when you head for the field.
44 Mag 2009
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The conversation was very easy to overhear; it contained no reference to the 'copping' of Jack.
The Nether World George Gissing 1880
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